Is GWB Another JFK?
We think they have a lot in common (and not)
By: Bill Bohannon
11.22.2005
There's more to this country than meets the eye. Who would ever put together JFK and GWB in one sentence? Well, we would of course, and here's Bill Bohannon to prove it:
What is it now? Forty-two years? Forty-three? Who knows? Who cares? Time flies when you're suckin' eggs.
Every year, I try to remind people, "Hey, today's the day." Every year, fewer and fewer people want to hear.
Why is it important to remember? "The past is past." "It's water under the bridge." "He was a womanizer, anyway (I LOVE that one.)!"
Well, try this: November 22, 1963 was the absolute high-water mark of American history. Think about it. You don't think it's been pretty much downhill every since that day, for the good ol' USA? Ask a European. Ask an Aborigine.
Have you ever stopped to think how really classic JFK was, as an American President? Rich, big East Coast dynasty, got us entangled in foreign affairs, got shot (Hey, we're still in first place on that one!), liked girls, military background etc.
Here's a second point: Have you ever stopped to think how very much JFK and GWB are alike (except for the getting whacked part, of course)?
Both of their fathers got 'em elected president. JFK NEVER carried Cook County, Illinois, and "W" damn sure didn't win Florida in 2000 (or 2004, or 2008 either). But, money talks. Ballots walk. Both were rich Daddy Warbuck's boys, with Ivy League credentials ( Though, you must admit that JFK speaks a LOT better for Harvard than "W" does for Yale.).
They both had smilin', wavin' wives. Bush has Condi. Jack had all of the above.
Both had big brushes with big wars. JFK found himself trapped in the middle of one, in the middle of the South Pacific, and had to swim and fight his way out of it, saving his entire crew, in the process. Bush had to lie, cheat and steal his way out of 'Nam, and later (possibly due to deep personal regrets for such deplorable actions in his youth), started his own damn war, against some beaten-down, innocent people on the other side of the world, that had no clue how to defend themselves (But, they seem to be kinda learnin' how to now, don't they?).
Well, the comparisons go on. What makes these two men so utterly different, so diametrically opposed, and so opposite in how the whole world will remember them?
Simple: John Fitzgerald Kennedy was worth a shit. Dubya ain't. Jack turned out to be a winner! Jack Kennedy was a spoiled-rotten, rich, playboy kid, for sure. But, damn it, when the chips were down, he stood his ground and did his job. And, he did it well. He and his brothers, Joe and Bobby, stuck their necks out, and put their lives on the front line of democracy, day after day; till one day, sadly, they didn't have to do that any more.
That worthless damn twit, George W. Bush hasn't done ONE THING right yet! The BEST part of his "presidency" was the first eight months, before whatever happened, happened on 9/11. Back then, all he did was play golf. He didn't "think". So, he didn't have a chance to screw things up.
Look, Jack Kennedy never wanted to be President. His Dad wanted to be President, and he couldn't, and Joe was dead. So, Jack got to be President. So, what did Jack do? He said, well, here I am. So, while I'm here, I may as well do everything I can to turn America into the America that everybody in the world THINKS exists, but doesn't. And, screw 'em all, if they don't like it!
Did John Kennedy KNOW he was gonna get whacked? I don't know. But, John Kennedy never impressed ME as stupid. Did he you? Of course he knew they were gunnin' for him!
And, that brings up yet another JFK and GWB similarity: JFK got whacked by the CIA/FBI/mob etc., and GWB works for them. So, who's the smartest, really? JFK "questioned authority". GWB sucks their asses every day. Which system do YOU admire? Which system would YOU rather LIVE under?
Well too bad, Sparky, 'cause the mob's already made that decision for you ... on November twenty-second, nineteen hundred and sixty-three, in Dealey Plaza, on the grassy knoll (?), in Dallas, Texas (Aw, there's that word, "Texas", again. I predict that someday, the word "Texas" will come to mean "Evil", in any child's Webster's Dictionary.).
John F. Kennedy was a good man. He tried hard, in his brief time, to do the right thing for his country. And, as simple as that is; it's the best that anyone's tried to do, in a long, long time.
God help America. God bless John Kennedy.
"It was many years ago.
But still I wonder why, The Worst of men must fight.
And the best of men must die."
- The Good Rubin James,
American folk song
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